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Flettner Fl282 “Kolibri” Helicopter

The Marineflieger has taken delivery of the first production Fl282 helicopters from the Flettner Works of Bad Tölz. They will be assigned to Bordfliegerstaffel 186, and will operate from the specially equipped fleet escort vessels of the Fifth Escort Group.

Technical Description

Fuselage is of welded steel tube, truss-type construction. Forward section with enclosed cockpit. Recess for back-type parachute in rear wall of seat. The fuselage centre-section contains the entire power plant, the outer skin of which consists of removable doors, hoods and panels. Oval cross-section. The rear fuselage is fabric-covered with a rectangular cross-section.

Rotor blades comprise a tubular steel spar with riveted-on wooden ribs and plywood skin with fabric covering. Rectangular outline with rounded tips. Blades are attached to rotor head with delta and alpha hinges. Receptacle for balance weight at end of spar. The axes of both rotors are angled outboard at 12° from the vertical. Seen from above, the right rotor rotates clockwise, the left counterclockwise.

Control Surfaces comprise a two-part horizontal stabilizer with single spar. Tubular steel spar with riveted-on wooden ribs. Plywood leading edge, fabric-covering, cantilever construction. Angle of incidence adjustable between -15° and +5° from cockpit. Rudder is of wooden construction, fabric-covered, deflection to 40°. Vertical stabilizer of wooden construction with plywood leading edge and fabric covering, bolted to fuselage frame. No ailerons.